When in Rome, do as the Romans do. This well-known saying gives a just right depiction of what African expatriates are doing in this southern economic hub bathed in festival joy.
As all trading centers in the downtown Dongfengjie Neighborhood have been closed in observance of the Lunar Chinese New Year which fell upon Sunday, Africans who used to been seen rushing back and forth to procure goods with huge bags on their back suddenly got leisure.
Some sit in street corner shops, sipping tea ...
Chen Chao had an arduous ride home for the Spring Festival family reunion.
The Chinese migrant worker working at a mine in Myanmar huddled with 21 fellow workers on a coal truck to cross a snow-covered mountain on the China-Myanmar border and returned to China before the Chinese Lunar New Year.
"I did not come home for the 2009 Spring Festival, because I was afraid of loosing my job amid the global financial crisis," said the man, 42.
The native of southwest China's Yunnan Province neig ...
China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) said Tuesday that the rainy and snowy weather in southern regions during the Spring Festival holidays would last until Thursday.
A cold front will cause a temperature drop of 4-6 degrees Celsius in central and eastern parts of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, north China and northeastern China, according to the NMC.
Small to moderate snow or sleet is forecast in the northern and southwestern parts of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, western an ...
Nyima Tashi changed his house's old Darchor, or prayer flag, to a brand new colorful one early Tuesday morning. He placed it in four corners of the rooftop in a solemn family ceremony while praying for an auspicious new year.
The family in Gonggar County, in Tibet's Shannan Prefecture, holds the "Tuosui" ceremony annually in accordance with Tibetan tradition.
Darchor -- with "Dar" meaning increased life, fortune, health and wealth, and "Cho" referring to "all sentient beings" -- refers to ...
A public park is being built in downtown Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, where 6,600 people can take refuge in case of earthquake.
Zhao Bing, an engineer with the Nanjing Seismological Bureau, said Tuesday the park, which will cover an area of 16 hectares, would be open to visitors in the first half of the year.
"The park can play a pivotal role as a place of refuge in case of earthquake for people coming from the downtown district crowded with skyscrapers," he said.
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On the steppes of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, herdsman Cao Zhenglong sits and enjoys the Spring Festival TV gala on a LCD screen. He doesn't worry about the electricity he is using, assured in the knowledge his electricity generator can turn both wind and solar energy into electricity.
"With the new wind-solar generator installed last year, we expect to buy more home appliances and live a more modern life," Cao's wife Yue Cuiyun said.
Cao's cottage is 20 km from the nea ...
China's Ministry of Railways (MOR) said Tuesday it was requiring local branches nationwide to be ready for the post-Spring Festival travel rush as rail passenger numbers usually rise sharply starting from the third day of the Lunar New Year.
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&$People queue to buy tickets at the Shenyang North Railway Station in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 16, 2010. The number of passengers at Shengya ...
Six children have died and another injured after they inhaled toxic gas while playing in a deserted mining cave in Zhenxiong County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, a local official confirmed Tuesday.
Zhang Jin, the county government chief, told Xinhua Tuesday seven children, all aged around 10, ventured into the cave at about 6:30 p.m. Monday.
The children were all found fainted on the ground.
Zhang said three died on the spot. Four others were sent immediately to hospital, but thr ...
Air cargo volumes continued to rebound at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), which handled 301,000 tons of air cargo in January 2010, representing a strong increase of 43.3 percent over January 2009, official figures released Tuesday indicated.
The substantial growth was a result of imports and exports recording a respective yearly growth of 55 percent and 51 percent during the month. Meanwhile, transshipments also saw an overall growth of 14 percent, according to the Hong Kong Airport A ...
It is a rare occasion for the Chinese lunar New Year to fall on the same day with Valentine's Day, but the occasion truly happened on Feb. 14, giving foreigners in Hong Kong an opportunity to enjoy both traditional Chinese celebrations and western-style romance.
There are many places in Hong Kong to enjoy the double happiness, of course, but many foreigners naturally chose Lan Kwai Fong, the well-known street for pubs and also known as an " expat hangout".
On the eve of the Chinese lunar N ...
Macao Tower Charity Walk 2010, an annual charity and New Year celebration event, was held Tuesday at Macao Tower, a landmark of Macao Special Administrative Region ( SAR).
Symbolizing "reaching for new heights" in the coming year, the charity walk has become an annual family engagement for locals and visitors.
The activities started at 10:30 a.m. with the full-course tower- climbers challenging Macao's tallest building from ground to the observation level on 61st floor, followed by half-co ...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with hundreds of Chinese representatives during a reception at Elysee on Tuesday, the first celebration of Chinese Spring Festival at the presidential palace.
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&$France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (2nd R) and Prime Minister Francois Fillon (1st R) shake hands with delegates at a ceremony celebrating the Chinese New year, the year of Tiger, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, capital of F ...
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